A child rapist who jumped bail after he was charged has been caught and jailed for eight years.

Ian Matthews, who was arrested on Thursday, was branded “sick, depraved and wicked” by the sentencing judge at Bradford Crown Court as he was locked up yesterday.

Matthews, 64, jumped bail before he was due to attend court in October charged with systematically abusing a girl when she was aged seven to 13.

A warrant was issued for his arrest but he made determined attempts to conceal himself from the police.

Yesterday, Matthews pleaded guilty to 19 offences relating to the girl, including three allegations of rape, as well as indecent assault, indecency with a child and sexual activity with a child.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told him: “You are alienated, shunned and reviled by all members of society as long as you live.”

Although Matthews ran away and hid, his guilty pleas had spared his victim the “horrendous trauma” of re-living her ordeal.

The judge added: “Your sins are extreme. You are a broken and shattered man.”

Prosecutor Richard Wright told the court that Matthews was living in the Keighley area when the offences came to light.

The girl told a teacher about the abuse and Matthews was arrested and interviewed in 2009.

She told the police Matthews drove her on to the moors to molest her in his car.

He showed her pornographic videos and made her copy the sexual activity on them with him.

In mitigation, Matthews’s barrister, Rebecca Young, said he had made a brave decision to confess to his “horrendous” crimes.

“At last, he has done the right thing,” she told the court.

Matthews had lost everything. His family, including his wife, wanted nothing more to do with him.

Matthews was made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order to protect children from him in the future.

He must sign on as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

“You will not be able to move in this country without the police knowing where you are every minute of the day,” the judge told him.